I find it interesting that in ilonggo, people say things like: hindi, bala?, gaano ka da, bala? We also like to say things like hala, mo! or hala, lagot ka gid d’a karon! Are bala and hala derivatives of bahala na and used as words to emphasize the meaning of a sentence? We do know that Bahala Na is a Filipino attitude. It is also a saying that indicates, to our westernized minds, a fatalistic tendency. Others, of a more...

Why do Filipinos spell the name of Bathala using these three symbols above instead of the following ways? Please share your comments below. (All baybayin translations courtesy of C. Cabuay’s Baybayin.com online application) ————————————–Posts on deeper meanings on Baybayin Alive: Meanings and Diwa (Idea or Spirit) within “Bahala”...

Now who would be the long ago ancient people who were part of the process of creating the baybayin writing system? They were probably those who were already recognized for their previous contributions to the community. And it is also probable, that they were those who were recognized as sages who lived their wisdom every day, and who had innate knowledge and understanding of many things(kaalaman galing sa loob). Remember now, that...

Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, saw dreams as images wrought with symbolism generated by the psyche. Jung and his followers brought together their findings of world mystical and mythological symbolism through the ages to use them as guides to bring about psychological breakthroughs and spiritual transformation. Jungian therapists use the deeper, ancient meanings of symbolism in order to help...